Budget – Car Rental
80
Quality Score
Excellent
✍️ Bumetric analysis
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Budget – Car Rental is an iOS app from Avis Budget Group in the Travel category, currently rated 4.6★ across 63,234 ratings. Initial signal reads as mostly critical sentiment so far: users flag rough edges and unmet expectations.
Quality Score is 80: Excellent (strong product-market fit). For a Travel app, that means strong product-market fit. The full BU Investment Matrix below scores 8 dimensions including monetisation, growth, and operational risk.
Track changes month-over-month in the Performance section below: live snapshot history and revenue forecast included.
💰 Monthly revenue · now vs forecast
● Right now
$5.0K
per month
→
12-mo forecast
$5.2K – $10.8K
per month
→
24-mo forecast
$6.4K – $19.2K
per month
MID tierFREE
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- Title & subtitle keyword fit
- Description hook & conversion structure
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Typical impact: +2-5× organic installs
📊 Performance Tracking LIVE
269 snapshots on record
Rating
4.6
Reviews
63,234 reviews
Forecast Revenue / mo
$5.0K
Snapshots tracked
269
since Jun 2024
ONE-TIME · BUILD
💰 Estimated build cost
$205K
↳ What it cost to build · not monthly revenue
Likely range $155K – $275K
$25K · MVP floor
$100K · indie scale
$500K+ · studio build
📈
Pays back in ~3.4y at current MRR
Synthetic estimate. Inputs: category complexity, file size, screen count, monetization layer, platform reach, age × team-size proxy. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-agency rate surveys. Full math + source list on /methodology.
Where the money goes
| 🧱 MVP baseline (design + 1-store ship) | +$28K |
| 📱 5 unique screens × $4.5K | +$22K |
| 📦 Asset bundle (157 MB) | +$40K |
| ⚙ Travel complexity ×1.30 | +$27K |
| ⚙ 14.2y maintenance × ~1-person team | +$85K |
Total estimate
$205K
ONE-TIME · EXIT VALUE
💵 Estimated acquisition value
$100K
↳ What it would sell for · not monthly revenue
Marketplace range $75K – $125K · 19× MRR multiple
💸
~0.5× build cost (under-water)
Synthetic estimate. Multiple band derived from ad-supported + age, rating quality, category demand, and user-base maturity. Calibrated against 2024-2026 indie-app-marketplace closed-deal medians. Full math + comparable deal list on /methodology.
How the multiple was built
| 📺 Ad-supported base | 15× MRR |
| 📅 14.2y proven track record | +20% |
| ⭐ ★ rating ≥ 4.4 (solid) | +8% |
Final multiple
19× MRR
👥 Estimated audience size
4.8M
Lifetime downloads (US-equivalent)
Monthly active
125K
Daily active
18K
Synthetic estimate from ratings × category benchmarks. Calibrated against 2024-2026 mobile-attribution retention + DAU/MAU reports. Numbers are US-storefront-equivalent — true global audience can be 5-10× larger for international apps. Full math + source list on /methodology.
How we sized it
| 📲 Travel engagement | ~110 installs / rating |
| 📅 14.2y of rating accumulation | -30% |
| 🔁 Travel D30 retention | 10% |
| 📍 DAU / MAU stickiness | 0.15 |
DAU / MAU
15% sticky
🛠 Estimated tech stack
🍎
Native iOS (Swift / UIKit)
Medium confidence · 60%
Also possible
React Native
Flutter
Heuristic guess from app bundle size, category, store description signals, and release-date stack era. Bumetric does not disassemble binaries — for binary-level certainty you would need an SDK intelligence tool or the manifest itself. Reasoning chain on the right. Full ruleset on /methodology.
Signals we read
| 📦 App bundle size | 157 MB |
| 🏷 Category context | Travel |
| 📦 Mid-large iOS bundle | → Likely native Swift / UIKit (pre-2020 era) |
💀 Maintenance status
Active
15%
Last shipped 2026-08-28 · 34 days ago
0 · Active
50 · At risk
100 · Abandoned
Heuristic risk score from time-since-last-update + ratings velocity proxy + Editor's Choice / curated featuring signals. Calibrated against 2024-2025 app-store ranking decay reports. Not a guarantee — a quiet app with a healthy codebase looks the same as an abandoned one until something breaks. Full math on /methodology.
Risk signals
| 📅 34 days since last update | Healthy release cadence |
Verdict
Active
🔬
How we forecast this revenue
MEDIUM CONFIDENCEBaseline
$5.0K/mo · ML-estimated from 234 triggers
Growth rate
+4.0% MoM · MID tier baseline (compound monthly)
6 months
$4.7K – $7.9K
12 months
$5.2K – $10.8K
24 months
$6.4K – $19.2K
Compound growth at +4.0% MoM (tier baseline for MID). Range widens with horizon — typical noise band ±25% at 6mo.. Ranges widen with horizon — distant futures carry more uncertainty.
📊
BU Investment Matrix
Below median · 43/100MID TIERFREE (NO MONETIZATION)underperforming peersGrowth Velocity
5.0
Founder Strength
5.1
Product Quality
7.7
Revenue Strength
3.7
Monetization Maturity
0.5
Defensibility
6.0
Market Position
1.2
Operational Safety
5.1
- 💰 Revenue: Modest — $3K - $7K/mo · MID tier · medium confidence, trajectory unclear.
- ⭐ Quality: 4.58★ across 63,234 reviews — strong (top 10%).
- 📍 Market: Not yet charting in any of the 9 monitored markets.
- 📈 Growth: Insufficient signal to assess trajectory.
- ⚠️ Risk: Elevated — scam/fraud mentions detected, rating drift -2.72 ★ (recent 50 vs lifetime).
🎯 For competitors: Mixed picture. Worth competing if you have a clear UX or pricing edge — otherwise crowded segment.
💵 For acquirers: Estimated asking range 18-32× monthly = $90K-$160K. Portfolio play ($12K/mo combined) commands premium.
Composite of 8 dimensions computed deterministically from public signals — no LLM, every score traces back to a measurable input. Default weights shown; "compete" / "acquire" / "invest" lenses re-weight without re-fetching.
Range:
💰 Forecast Revenue / mo
MODELRevenue forecast computed from BU's 234 trigger model on each snapshot. Calibrated against ground-truth from 58 verified-revenue apps.
🔬Forecast Breakdown — Why This Estimate?Top 10 of 10 triggers
Our ML model uses 200+ signals from public data. These are the most influential for this app:
| Mid install base (63,234 ratings)METRIC | +$5,500 | |
| Excellent rating (4.6★)METRIC | +$2,200 | |
| 5 starREVIEW | +$1,800 | |
| great valueREVIEW | +$1,600 | |
| cancelledREVIEW | −$1,500 | |
| Mature app (14y old)METRIC | +$1,500 | |
| highly recommendREVIEW | +$1,400 | |
| slowREVIEW | −$1,200 | |
| Ad-supported / freemiumMETRIC | +$600 | |
| Single-language (English only)METRIC | −$400 |
METRIC = structural app data · REVIEW = mined from user reviews · ✓ VERIFIED = Stripe-verified anchor (TrustMRR)
📈 Reviews Growth
LIVECumulative review count from first BU snapshot. Each point = a tracked update.
⭐ Rating Trend
LIVEAverage rating evolution. Updates with each new review batch.
🆕 What's New · v15.11
- Some customers will notice new ways to manage their trip and connect with us right in the app.
- Improved price clarity and information to make your booking experience more transparent.
- General performance improvements and bug fixes.
- Improved price clarity and information to make your booking experience more transparent.
- General performance improvements and bug fixes.
Profile & Insights
Everything we know — and don't — about this app and its company.
Identification
- App name
- Budget – Car Rental
- Developer
- Avis Budget Group
- Bundle ID
- com.avisbudget.BudgetCar
- App Store URL
- Open in App Store
- Category
- Travel
- Content rating
- 4+
- Languages
- EN
Company
- Website
- Not found
- Tagline
- Today
- Description
- Find apps and games for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more on the App Store.
- Founded
- Not found
- HQ / Address
- Not found
- Employees
- Not found
- Logo
- Available
Revenue
- Reported revenue signal / mo
- Not found
- AI revenue estimate / mo
- Not found
- AI annual estimate
- Not found
- Model estimate / mo
- $5.0K/mo
- Top-grossing rank
- Outside top 100 in US Travel
- All-time revenue
- Not found
- Pricing
- Not found
Founder
Founder data not yet collected for this app.
Funding
Funding data not yet collected for this app.
Press & Links
Press & Links data not yet collected for this app.
Contacts & Socials
Contacts & Socials data not yet collected for this app.
⭐Recent App Store Reviews49 latest · avg 1.88★ · 14.3% 5★ · 63.3% 1★
5★7 (14%)
4★0 (0%)
3★4 (8%)
2★7 (14%)
1★31 (63%)
+782 ratings/week
Praise: excellent ×1 great ×1 love ×1Complaints: worst ×4 terrible ×4 scam ×3 expensive ×2 hate ×2
Top positive
★★★★★ Good Will
Quick and easy to make reservation…
★★★★★ Seamless
A very smooth rental experience. Traded up with no hassle, got in, got out, got back (2 weeks later), stepped out, stepped on, and flew home. The whole thing was a breeze.…
Top negative
★☆☆☆☆ Never again!
Never again!…
★☆☆☆☆ Awful.
You rarely run into an app these days that literally you have to spend half the day trying to do any simple task. They need you to go back to get number as they need you to rewrite everything that you’ve already that is the worst app I’ve u…
📈Ratings growth76,542 ratings+16117% lifetimeShow 3-year history estimate ▾
Tracked (60 weeks) Pre-tracking estimate (0 weeks) · model-based, ±5% noise · anchored to release date and current value
🌍Geographic ReachNot ranked
This app is currently outside the top 100 grossing in all 9 countries we monitor (US, UK, DE, FR, JP, CA, AU, BR, IN). Niche or new apps often launch this way — popularity rankings appear once daily revenue clears the regional threshold.
🚀Update Frequency · Releases per Quarter10 releases tracked
🚀Version Release Timeline8 releases tracked
Profile is built from iTunes Lookup + developer site scrape + ML revenue model. Empty fields show "Not found" — additional sources (Crunchbase, X, IndieHackers, Acquire.com) coming.
📝 About this app
Quickly book a car rental with the Budget Car Rental app. Our commitment to great value means you’ll find affordable car rentals within your budget. Sign up for Fastbreak and get exclusive rates, skip the line**, make quick returns, and modify or upgrade your rental all through the app.
With over 3,000 locations and a wide selection of vehicles, Budget Car Rental has what you need to get on the road faster.
Rental car information in one place
Easily make, modify, or upgrade your car rental reservation 24/7
View your receipts and upcoming booking information… View full description on the official store →
With over 3,000 locations and a wide selection of vehicles, Budget Car Rental has what you need to get on the road faster.
Rental car information in one place
Easily make, modify, or upgrade your car rental reservation 24/7
View your receipts and upcoming booking information… View full description on the official store →
App Specs
🔐 Own this app? Claim & verify MRR →💾 157 MB🔞 4+📱 iOS 15.5+🔖 v15.11🔄 updated 1mo ago🌐 EN📂 Travel💰 Paid🚀 Launched 2012 (14y old)
📅
What Worked™ · Development Pipeline
24 EVENTS TRACKEDDetected changes in this app over its tracked lifetime — each event links cause (what changed) to effect (what moved). Sorted newest first.See full history →Version history →
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v15.9 → v15.11
→ 30 days after: reviews +3,850 high confidence
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v15.8 → v15.9
→ 30 days after: reviews +4,819 medium · co-occurring
2026-08
🔧
Shipped update — v15.7 → v15.8
→ 30 days after: reviews +5,268 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v15.6 → v15.7
→ 30 days after: reviews +3,311 medium · co-occurring
2026-07
🔧
Shipped update — v15.5 → v15.6
→ 30 days after: reviews +4,069 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v15.4 → v15.5
→ 30 days after: reviews +4,226 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v15.3 → v15.4
→ 30 days after: reviews +3,857 high confidence
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v15.2 → v15.3
→ 30 days after: reviews +3,051 medium · co-occurring
2026-06
🔧
Shipped update — v14.8 → v15.2
→ 30 days after: reviews +5,389 medium · co-occurring
2026-05
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.15 → 4.58 (improved 2.43★)
→ 30 days after: reviews +3,087 high confidence
2026-05
📈
Crossed 1,000 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: reviews +3,087 high confidence
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$180/mo · reviews +8 low · multiple changes
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↓ 4.50 → 2.15 (dropped 2.35★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$205/mo · reviews +9 low · multiple changes
2026-03
⭐
Rating ↑ 2.15 → 4.50 (improved 2.35★)
→ 30 days after: revenue +$205/mo · reviews +9 medium · co-occurring
2026-03
📈
Crossed 500 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$205/mo · reviews +9 medium · co-occurring
2024-09
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$216/mo · rating −0.05★ · reviews +10 high confidence
2024-09
📈
Crossed 100 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$1.0K/mo · rating +0.10★ · reviews +43 high confidence
2024-07
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$697/mo · rating +0.10★ · reviews +29 high confidence
2024-07
📈
Crossed 50 ratings — social-proof flywheel kicking in
→ 30 days after: revenue +$1.3K/mo · rating +0.12★ · reviews +56 high confidence
2024-06
🚀
First tracked snapshot — initial data captured
→ 30 days after: revenue +$623/mo · reviews +27 high confidence
🗣
Voice of Customer
Based on 573 reviews across 4 markets● 42% positive · ● 14% neutral · ● 44% negative · Rating drift: -2.72★ (declining — recent 50: 1.86★ vs lifetime: 4.58★)
VADER compound sentiment per quarter (−1 = fully negative, +1 = fully positive). Each point ≥ 5 reviews.
Sentiment by country (−1 to +1)
🇦🇺 AU
+0.10
🇺🇸 US
+0.01
🇨🇦 CA
-0.06
🇧🇷 BR
-0.14
Top praise themes
quick easy ×11 customer service ×11 easy easy ×8 fast break ×8 user friendly ×7 easy navigate ×4 friendly easy ×3 happy customer ×3
Top complaint themes
customer service ×50 cancellation fee ×31 credit card ×27 fast break ×23 cars available ×10 doesn work ×9 worst company ×8 cancel reservation ×7
Risk signals
Refund mentions: 1.1% Fraud / scam mentions: 1.9%
🌍
Multi-Country Performance
Available in 4 of 9 monitored markets| Market | Rating | Reviews | Current version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 AU | 3.52128★ | 188 | 3.52128★ this version |
| 🇧🇷 BR | 4.40475★ | 84 | 4.40475★ this version |
| 🇨🇦 CA | 4.55524★ | 2,842 | 4.55524★ this version |
| 🇺🇸 US | 4.61829★ | 78,179 | 4.61829★ this version |
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📝 Description
95
BU Score · Transcendent
Full revenue analysis
Read the article-style breakdown for Budget – Car Rental: category rank, percentile, growth signal, comparable apps, and how the forecast is calibrated against verified-MRR anchors in this niche.
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About this analysis
Why high confidence: 63,234 ratings · no founder-verified revenue (model estimate only).
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
10 answers · auto-generated from this app's public dataHow much does Budget – Car Rental make per month?▴
Based on our ML-calibrated revenue forecast, Budget – Car Rental earns approximately $5.0K/mo. This is a US-storefront-equivalent estimate; global revenue can be several times larger for internationally-distributed apps. See the methodology page for the full formula and confidence bands.
Is Budget – Car Rental profitable?▴
With estimated build cost $205K and monthly revenue $5.0K, Budget – Car Rental looks slow ROI — payback period is around 3.4 years at the current run-rate. Profitability also depends on paid-acquisition spend and refund rate which the public model doesn't see.
How many users does Budget – Car Rental have?▴
Estimated audience: ~4.8M lifetime downloads, ~125K monthly active users, and ~18K daily active users. Derived from ratings count × category installs-per-rating × age decay. US-storefront-equivalent — global audience can be 5-10× larger for internationally-distributed apps.
What apps are like Budget – Car Rental?▴
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What is Budget – Car Rental built with?▴
Our heuristic places Budget – Car Rental on the Native iOS (Swift / UIKit) stack (Medium confidence, 60%). Signals: app bundle size, category context, store-description markers, release-date era. We don't disassemble binaries. Alternative possibilities: React Native, Flutter.
Is Budget – Car Rental still actively maintained?▴
Maintenance status: Active (15% abandonment risk). Last shipped version was 1 months ago. The risk score combines time-since-last-update with Editor's Choice / curated featuring + user-base maturity adjustments.
How much would Budget – Car Rental sell for?▴
Estimated acquisition value: $100K (marketplace range $75K – $125K). Calculated as 19× monthly revenue using the standard multiple for the detected monetization model + adjustments for age, rating quality and category demand. Calibrated against 2024-2026 Flippa / Acquire.com / MicroAcquire closed-deal medians.
When was Budget – Car Rental last updated?▴
Budget – Car Rental last shipped a new version on 2026-08-28 — 1 months ago. This is the date Apple / Google last accepted a new build, not a content-only push.
Who makes Budget – Car Rental?▴
Budget – Car Rental is published by Avis Budget Group on the Apple App Store. See the full publisher portfolio (other apps by the same developer) via the More by developer block on the product page above.
What is Budget – Car Rental's BU Score?▴
Budget – Car Rental has a BU Score of 80/100 (Excellent). The score combines App Store rating, ratings count, monetization model and revenue signals calibrated against founder-verified MRR anchors. See the BU Score formula.